{"id":5085,"date":"2024-04-13T16:18:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T21:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2024-04-17T10:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:34:42","slug":"citizen-journalism-whats-a-qr-code-and-what-does-it-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/citizen-journalism-whats-a-qr-code-and-what-does-it-do\/","title":{"rendered":"CITIZEN JOURNALISM &#8211; What\u2019s a QR Code?\u00a0 And, What Does It Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5085\" class=\"elementor elementor-5085\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7248340 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7248340\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163959e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"163959e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4881b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4881b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In the last few Cuenca Expats Magazine, you will have noticed on some pages a square box with funny lines in it.\u00a0 That\u2019s a QR (\u201cquick response\u201d) code.\u00a0 It Is a machine-scannable image that can instantly be read using a Smartphone camera.<\/p><p>Every QR code consists of a number of black squares and dots which represent certain pieces of information. 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